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highflier

noun

variants: or highflyer

Synonyms and Antonyms of highflier

an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired

one of New York's largest law firms, it attracts highfliers looking for a big-time legal career

Synonyms of highflier

bootstrapper, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, live wire, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter

Words Related to highflier

achiever, comer, doer, enterpriser

he-man, individualist

Near Antonyms of highflier

dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, putterer, trifler

goldbrick, malingerer, procrastinator, shirker, slacker

drone, lazybones, sluggard

dallier, laggard, lingerer, loiterer, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud

ignorer, ne'er-do-well, neglecter

daydreamer, dreamer

dropout, quitter

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